66% of Americans want European-style vacation policies, like being OOO for the entire month of August (www.cnbc.com)
In many parts of Europe, it’s common for workers to take off weeks at a time, especially during the summer. Envious Americans say it’s time for the U.S. to follow suit....
Why do people dislike California?
I recently moved to California. Before i moved, people asked me “why are you moving there, its so bad?”. Now that I’m here, i understand it less. The state is beautiful. There is so much to do....
I'll never not want to (startrek.website)
If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would it be? (i.ytimg.com)
(Saw this question asked on another popular link aggregation website and it got me thinking)...
Which communication protocol or open standard in software do you wish was more common or used more?
Whether you’re really passionate about RPC, MQTT, Matrix or wayland, tell us more about the protocols or open standards you have strong opinions on!
Teen girls are being victimized by deepfake nudes. One family is pushing for more protections (apnews.com)
A mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated nude images of the teen and other female classmates were circulated at a high school in New Jersey....
AI Is Starting to Look Like the Dot Com Bubble (futurism.com)
As the AI market continues to balloon, experts are warning that its VC-driven rise is eerily similar to that of the dot com bubble.
Is there a business in your town, which you are 100% sure is a front?
Does anyone else notice an uptick of extreme troll accounts?
I swear, every time most of the time I see someone being particularly rude, ignorant, and inappropriate on a post (usually political in origin, or they swing it to being political) I click on their profile and see it has been created that same day....
English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense (lemmy.world)
New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels (i.redd.it)
cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/1006130...
What’s the worst piece of technology you’ve ever owned?
Florida Cop Empties His Gun, Runs For Cover After Acorn Falls On Car and Mistakes It For Shots Fired (jalopnik.com)
Jill Stein formally launches 2024 White House bid as Green party candidate (www.theguardian.com)
Poignant post on the state of things (lemmy.world)
Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout, some stores removing them (www.cnn.com)
why isn't anyone calling for Trump to drop out.
I get it, Biden is old and that’s a problem, but why doesn’t anyone seem to have a problem with the fact that Trump is almost the same age, has 34 felonies, raped at least 2 women, went to Epstein’s Island 11 times, sexualized his own daughter, stole classified documents, aligned himself with Xi and Putin, and can’t...
What distros have you tried and thought, "Nope, this one's not for me"?
I’ve been using Linux Mint since forever. I’ve never felt a reason to change. But I’m interested in what persuaded others to move.
Apple to Limit iPhone 15 USB-C Cables to USB 2.0 Speeds: Report (www.extremetech.com)
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People doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome?
It's a simple world view (feddit.de)
"It has to be Chromium" (lemmy.world)
Biden introduces Zelenskiy as ‘President Putin’ at Nato summit (www.theguardian.com)
Did he do it for the memes?
YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads'' (www.androidauthority.com)
YouTube first spoke about pause ads last year when it started trialing them in select regions. At the time, the company said that when you pause a video, it will shrink, and an ad will appear next to it....